Month: May 2019

Before the most recent PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, the Dark Faction issued a second challenge. Certainly, working code that produces the desired results is important. But equally important is how you might approach this problem. What tools or techniques might you consider? How you work is as important to the Dark Faction as your …

Not too long ago the Dark Faction posted a challenge for those of you who felt worthy to call yourself an Iron Scripter. Now that this year’s Iron Scripter battle is complete, the Chairman has arranged for a solution to the Dark Faction’s challenge. You could have written a single script or broken the task …

The 2019 Iron Scripter Battle is complete and Faction Flawless has been declared the victor! This year’s battle, part of the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit as usual, went down in a single venue. Unlike the previous year’s battle, this year each faction took up a part of our converted dining area. The factions quickly …

Background Scenario Your organization needs to deploy IIS based web servers on demand and in a timely manner. To that end, you need to develop an automation process. The process can be manually initiated but when finished the end result should be a Windows 2016 Server (or newer) running with the following configuration items: Default …